Cross Base is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Cross base.

Cross Base

WRENN ID
stranded-pavement-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Cross base
Address
Cross Base, Cooper's Lane, Hilldale
OS grid reference
SD 517 134
Coordinates
53.61524, -2.7315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cross Base is a structure assumed to be medieval, located on the west side of Cooper's Lane in Wrightington. It is made of sandstone and has an irregular boulder shape with a roughly rectangular plan. There is a socket towards the southern end of the base.

Local climate

Cross Base sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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